Article 1BZ39 'We simply want to be able to afford to keep going': UK farmers on their industry

'We simply want to be able to afford to keep going': UK farmers on their industry

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Tom Stevens and Guardian readers
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Whether it is falling dairy prices, land costs or the pressures of paperwork, we asked British farmers which area of their industry they are most worried about

'I find it hard to understand the lack of rationality in the industry'

Emma King lives on a farm in Dorset that has been in her husband's family for generations. "I had never really seen a cow until I was 30. I was living in Windsor working as a retirement consultant for an actuarial firm. Then I met my husband and gave it all up to be a farmer's wife on a family farm where three generations currently live. It has been a huge learning curve, but one without regret."

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